Body Worn Camera Systems for Tactical Operations Technical Report

System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER)

Body Worn Camera Systems for

Tactical Operations Technical Report

October 2013

Prepared by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic

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The Body Worn Camera Systems for Tactical Operations Technical Report was

prepared by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN)

Atlantic for the Law Enforcement Standards Office, National Institute of Science and

Technology. Photographs included herein were provided by SPAWARSYSCEN

Atlantic, unless otherwise noted.

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FOREWORD

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the System Assessment and

Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program to assist emergency responders

making procurement decisions. Located within the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)

of DHS, the SAVER Program conducts objective assessments and validations on commercial

equipment and systems, and provides those results along with other relevant equipment

information to the emergency responder community in an operationally useful form. SAVER

provides information on equipment that falls within the categories listed in the DHS Authorized

Equipment List (AEL). The SAVER Program mission includes:

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Conducting impartial, practitioner-relevant, operationally oriented assessments and

validations of emergency responder equipment; and

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Providing information, in the form of knowledge products, that enables

decision-makers and responders to better select, procure, use, and maintain

emergency responder equipment.

Information provided by the SAVER Program will be shared nationally with the responder

community, providing a life- and cost-saving asset to DHS, as well as to Federal, state, and local

responders.

The SAVER Program is supported by a network of Technical Agents who perform assessment

and validation activities. Further SAVER focuses primarily on two main questions for the

emergency responder community: ¡°What equipment is available?¡± and ¡°How does it perform?¡±

As a SAVER Program Technical Agent, the National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST) provides expertise and analysis on key subject areas. NIST conducted an assessment of

body worn camera systems for tactical operations. Body worn camera systems fall under the

AEL reference number 13LE-00-SURV titled Equipment, Law Enforcement Surveillance. The

results of this assessment are presented in this report.

Visit the SAVER section of the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website at

for more information on the SAVER Program or to view additional

reports on body worn camera systems or other technologies.

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POINTS OF CONTACT

SAVER Program

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Science and Technology Directorate

OTE Stop 0215

245 Murray Lane

Washington, DC 20528-0215

E-mail: saver@hq.

Website:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Law Enforcement Standards Office

100 Bureau Drive

Mail Stop 8120

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Website: oles

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic

Advanced Technology and Assessment Branch

P.O. Box 190022

North Charleston, SC 29419-9022

E-mail: ssc_lant_saver_program.fcm@navy.mil

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................. i

POINTS OF CONTACT ............................................................................................................ ii

LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................... iii

1. OVERVIEW .........................................................................................................................1

2. BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................1

3. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................1

4. RESULTS .............................................................................................................................1

5. RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................3

6. CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................................4

APPENDIX A.

IMAGE SAMPLES ................................................................................... A-1

LIST OF TABLES

Table 4-1. Highest Rated Technical Specifications for Low-Light Operations ............................2

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